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		<title>Two good men pass</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 08:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Not a great start to the new year. First the news of <a title="Wikipedia Article:Pete Postlethwaite (opens in new window)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Postlethwaite">Pete Postlethwaite</a>, then the news today of the passing of <a title="Wikipedia Article:Gerry Rafferty (opens in new window)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Rafferty" target="_blank">Gerry Rafferty</a> earlier today.</p>
<p>Both were extraordinary talents in their respective fields. Pete Postlethwaite was a cracking character actor, whose arguably most famous roles as the enigmatic lawyer, Mr. Kobayashi, in the cult classic <a title="Wikipedia Article:Usual Suspects (opens in new window)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Usual_Suspects" target="_blank"><em>The Usual Suspects</em></a>, and the disillusioned-but-still-bloody-fighting yorkshire miner Danny in Mark Herman's Brit-classic <a title="Wikipedia Article:Brassed off (opens in new window)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brassed_Off" target="_blank"><em>Brassed Off</em></a> set him on the road to success, with a string of classy and memorable roles in 50+ films and as many TV roles.</p> <p><a href="http://bandannaclub.com/blogwp/2011/01/04/two_good_men_pass/">... more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a></p>]]></description>
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<p>Not a great start to the new year. First the news of <a title="Wikipedia Article:Pete Postlethwaite (opens in new window)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Postlethwaite">Pete Postlethwaite</a>, then the news today of the passing of <a title="Wikipedia Article:Gerry Rafferty (opens in new window)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Rafferty" target="_blank">Gerry Rafferty</a> earlier today.</p>
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		<title>R.I.P Ronnie</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2005 02:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil</dc:creator>
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<p>Sad news this week about the passing of Ronnie Barker, who was a much loved figure in millions of homes all over the world.</p>
<p>As a kid growing up in the 70&#8242;s I remember &#8220;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Two_Ronnies" title="Wikipedia article: The Two Ronnies (opens in new window)" target="_blank">The Two Ronnies</a>&#8220;, &#8220;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porridge_%28TV_series%29" title="Wikipedia article: Porridge (opens in new window)" target="_blank">Porridge</a>&#8221; and &#8220;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_All_Hours" title="Wikipedia article: Open All Hours (opens in new window)" target="_blank">Open all hours</a>&#8221; as particular favourites, but there were of course many others; the one thing you could be certain of, is if Ronnie B was on the screen, you would have a laugh!</p>
<p>Ronnie was also the first to recognise the talents of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Jason" title="Wikipedia article: David Jason (opens in new window)" target="_blank">David Jason</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Lyndhurst" title="Wikipedia article: Nicholas Lyndhurst (opens in new window)" target="_blank">Nicholas Lyndhurst</a> and it could be said that he helped plant and nurture the seeds that would grow into the much-loved Peckham partnership of Del-boy and Rodney.  He was also a prolific writer, an excellent actor and from all accounts a very nice bloke to boot!</p>
<p>So long Ronnie and thanks for the memories!</p>
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